Abatacept and non-melanoma skin cancer in patients with rheumatoid arthritis : a comprehensive evaluation of randomised controlled trials and observational studies

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OBJECTIVES: This study aims to evaluate non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) risk associated with abatacept treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

METHODS: This evaluation included 16 abatacept RA clinical trials and 6 observational studies. NMSC incidence rates (IRs)/1000 patient-years (p-y) of exposure were compared between patients treated with abatacept versus placebo, conventional synthetic (cs) disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and other biological/targeted synthetic (b/ts)DMARDs. For observational studies, a random-effects model was used to pool rate ratios (RRs).

RESULTS: ~49 000 patients receiving abatacept were analysed from clinical trials (~7000) and observational studies (~42 000). In randomised trials (n=4138; median abatacept exposure, 12 (range 2-30) months), NMSC IRs (95% CIs) were not significantly different for abatacept (6.0 (3.3 to 10.0)) and placebo (4.0 (1.3 to 9.3)) and remained stable throughout the long-term, open-label period (median cumulative exposure, 28 (range 2-130 months); 21 335 p-y of exposure (7044 patients over 3 years)). For registry databases, NMSC IRs/1000 p-y were 5-12 (abatacept), 1.6-10 (csDMARDs) and 3-8 (other b/tsDMARDs). Claims database IRs were 19-22 (abatacept), 15-18 (csDMARDs) and 14-17 (other b/tsDMARDs). Pooled RRs (95% CIs) from observational studies for NMSC in patients receiving abatacept were 1.84 (1.00 to 3.37) vs csDMARDs and 1.11 (0.98 to 1.26) vs other b/tsDMARDs.

CONCLUSIONS: Consistent with the warnings and precautions of the abatacept label, this analysis suggests a potential increase in NMSC risk with abatacept use compared with csDMARDs. No significant increase was observed compared with b/tsDMARDs, but the lower limit of the 95% CI was close to unity.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:83

Enthalten in:

Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 83(2024), 2 vom: 11. Jan., Seite 177-183

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Simon, Teresa A [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Lixian [VerfasserIn]
Suissa, Samy [VerfasserIn]
Michaud, Kaleb [VerfasserIn]
Pedro, Sofia [VerfasserIn]
Hochberg, Marc [VerfasserIn]
Boers, Maarten [VerfasserIn]
Askling, Johan [VerfasserIn]
Frisell, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Strangfeld, Anja [VerfasserIn]
Meissner, Yvette [VerfasserIn]
Khaychuk, Vadim [VerfasserIn]
Dominique, Alyssa [VerfasserIn]
Maldonado, Michael A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7D0YB67S97
Abatacept
Antirheumatic Agents
Arthritis, rheumatoid
Biological Products
Biological therapy
Epidemiology
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.01.2024

Date Revised 15.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/ard-2023-224356

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364238208